Dump-car.



F. S. INGOLDSBY.

DUMP GAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. z5. 1902.

Patented Dec. 24, 1912.

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VF. S. INGOLDSBY.

DUMP GAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, `M01/Z.

Patented Dec.24, 1912.

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DUMP OAR.

APPLIGATLON FILED AUG.25,1902.

1,048,312. Patented M124, 1912.

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F. S. INGOLDSBY.

DUMP GAR.

APPLICATION YILED AUG. Z5, 1902.A 1,048,312, Patented Dec. 24, 1912 4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

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UNITED 'sragnsrarunr OFFICE.

FRANK S. INGOLDSBY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE INGOLDSBY AUTO- MATS-[O CAR COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

DUMP-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 25, 1902.

Patented Dee. 24,1912.

Serial No. 120,959.

To all whom fit1/my concern Be it known that l, Fammi S. lneonosnv, a citizen of the United States, residingat St. Louis, in the State ot Missouri, have 1nvented a. certain new and uset'ul l'mprovement. in Dump-Cars, of which the 'following iS a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying draw- Ines.

tIhe object of this invention is to produce a very light and strong railway ear; the principles ot' the invention are particularly adaptable to dump cars of the type known as the lngoldsby dump ear though the invention is not limited thereto. Such type of car is illustrated ir. Patents Nos. 551,319, (313,279, and (332,650, granted to Ine Dec. l0, 1895, Nov. l, lStlS, and Sept. 5, 160), respectively; it has sides, preferably trussed or gil-der, and a central longitudinal beam to which there are hinged dumping doors swinging downward at their outer edge.

AS the car has been heretofore ctmstructed, the central beam has carried halt oi? the load and each ot the sides a quarter ot' the load, each bolster thus receiving at its center one fourth of the load and at each end one eighth. Heretotore I have braced the longitudinal central beam by trussing beneath it to enable it to carry halt the load, but as the ear sides must necessarily he oi considerable height to form said walls tor the load, I have determined to avail myself of their strength to carry a portion of the load heretofore carried by the central heam. l do this by dividing the central beam in two and resting its ends at the middle o'l the car on a cross beam carried by the sides, so that the two sides, (in addition to their halt o't' the load) together carry one halt ot' the load on the central beam, that is, for each side one eighth oit the entire load in addition .to the one fourth heretofore carried, making each side carry three eighths of the load, wherefore each holster carries at its center one eighth ot the load and at each end three sixteenths. The value of this arrangement is evident when it is remembered that the strength of a beam increases as the square et' its depth, and that the car sides may be made and simply for purposes of retaining the load should be made) much deeper than it is possible to make a central truss without carrying the central beam up unduly high into the car, wast-ing space, or unduly raising the center of gravity of the whole car.

The present invention consists of such an apportionment of the strains, and the 1n -ians by which I am able /to accomplish it, resulting in doing away with any truss for the central beam, and lightening and simplify-- ing the construction. Thisis clearly illustrated herein in the drawings and is hereinafter t'ully explained.

in the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation ot a little over one half a car embodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of suoli car from the other end, the section heilig taken at one side of the center as indicated bythe line Q-Q of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is an end view of the car, half oi' it being in vertical section. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan of a portion ot' a car 'at the middle thereof, and Fig. 5 is a top plan of such portion. Fig. 6 is a transverse section of the car at the center. Fig. 7 is a 'cross section ot' the central beam, being on the line 7---7 ot' Figs. 5 and G. Figs. S and 9 are diagrams illustrating the distribution of the weight ot' the load in the present 'form of car and in my earlier form, respectively.

The sides A. o the car are plate girders composed each of sheet steel plates a, 'an upper chord o', lower chord; (1.211,3, and struts a, u, riveted to the pl-Bies. At the ends ot' the car there are inclined tloors B riveted to the girder plate of the sides. At the upper end ot this inclined Hoor is an upper cross beam C and beneath this beam is the bolster D. The struts a* are secured to the ends ol' the bolster. Secured to the side girder and to the bolster are the projecting longitudinal beams C secured to the end sill C2 and braced by diagonal posts C. Running trom the end ot the car are suitable dral't plates It) which are secured to the lholster, and i'rom the junction ot' .these draft plates with the end sill are diagonal beams C running tlnt'iugh the bolster to the girder sides. 'lhe specific form of this much of the construction does not. enter into the present invention.

At the middle of the car on the inner side of' cach girder plate a, I prefer to rivet tri- Iet angular strengthening plates G, and extending crosswise of the car I place the beam H which for dump cars preferably is an inverted V-shaped plate havin its ends /L flanged outwardly and rivete to the sides through lthe intermediate strengthening plates. This cross beam is given depth by the angle beams J riveted toit and bowing down .toward the center of the car. y

The central longitudinal beam is designated N. As heretofore stated, in the Ipresent invention this is divided into two parts each being supported at one end by a bolster D and at the other end by the central cross beam H, where they are connected by the underrunning splice plate n. The beam N consists of an inverted V-shaped sheet metal plate (of aslmany sheets. as desired) strengthened by suitable cross braces P, P, P2. At the bolster end, these longitudinal beams extend across the center frame d of the bolster between that frame and the tens sion vstrap d thereof, hese three vparts being riveted together. he bolster may have a lower channel member d2 and intermediate struts d3 and bi'aces dt, as shown. The

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At thecenter of the car, as stated, the two sectionsof the longitudinal beam N are secured to the cross beam H. This is accomplished by connections n beneath the .longitudinal beams, riveted to them and to the cross beam. In order to take the buiiing of plates Q which continue the planes o the' :.jv; longitudinal beams within the cross beam Bti . 'the angles n.

and tugging lstrains directly through the longitudinal center of the car, as well as fto brace the cross beam H, l provide a air l-l, these plates being Banged inwardly at `their ends g and being riveted in place, 'the same rivets passing through these langes q through the cross beam Hand through This construction` makes a ,very rigid' structure for the longitudinal strains, while the weight on the longitudinal beams at the .center is transferred to the sides of the car.

- Now, in the above described construction, that portion of the load which would pril imarilyY come on the .central beam (that is, halt the entire load), has halffone 'fourth the entire load) taken by the cross beam H, the other quarter of the entire load being beams, as indicated. ycar illustrated by Fig. 9, half of the load distributed to the two centers of the bolsters, one eightheach. The quarter of the entire load carried by the central beam is distributed to the two sides, so that each side carries its own quarter of the load, and the eighth of the load received from. the central cross beam, making three eighths andfthus distributing to each end of each of the bolsters three sixteenths of the entire load. The central longitudinal beam being thus relieved of half its work may be made sutliciently rigid without any trussing whatsoever, being simply braced bythe cross braces which are otherwise necessary to form the supports for the floor hinges. The result is that a simpler car is produced, and oneof fewer parts and much lighter, the load being distributed to the parts which are necessarily of such size as to carry it.

The distribution of the weight is clearly illustrated in the two diagrams, which may be considered as beams resting on top oi each other and corresponding to the bolsters, sides and longitudinal and transverse ln the older form of is borne by the central beam, and carried directly to the center of the bolsters, each; and a quarter ot the load isborne by each car side, 2; coming` onto each end of each bols-ter.

In the new form, illustrated in Fig. 8,

t; to each car side, wherefore the car sides carry,l in addition to their own l, gfrom the cross beam, making on each side, dis-v tributing to each end. of each bolster The dumping doors Spare hinged by floor beams S to the various braces l), li, P2 carried by the longitudinal beams. These doors, which are adapted to swing down ward between sector-shaped shields V, may be secured in closed position by locking mechanism, and after beingrdropped they may be elevated by suitable raising mech anism. The locking` and raising mechanisms (designated generically 'l` and U, respectively)` are fully shown in the prior patents referred to and willA not be herein further described. The braces l? carry the toggles of the raising mechanism, andthe braces P bumpers for the doors. Each of these braces consist of )airs of u rights and.

central cross beam connecting thesamc, bol- A stersY connected to the car sides, and a pair l'lrE divided, the divided ends being supported of longitudinal beams each supported at one end vby, the bolster and at the other end secured to the cross beam.

2l In a car, the combination with sides, a

."sinlgle intermediate cross beam connected to by the cross beam, and draft plates connecting'the bolsters to said longitudinal beam or sill, substantially as described.

3. A car having an intermediate longitudinal beam or sill extending from bolster to bolster and dividing the car into boppers on each side lthereof, said beam being trailsversely divided at the center of the cai', the divided ends of the beam being supported from the side structure and draft plates connect-ing the holsters to said longitudinal beam or sill.

-' 44A car having a continuous cross sill Ilocated atthe center ofthe car and dividiingthe car into hoppers at each side there- 'ofg'and a longitudinal sill extending from bolster to bolster and dividing,r at the center, the divided ends being supported by the cross sill, Vsaid longitudinal sill being of ridge form, and draft members connected to theibolster and t'o the under side of said ridge. p

5. In av car, the combination of sides, a

central cross beam connecting the saine, bolsters connected to the car sides, and a pair of longitudinal beams in alincment each -fhaving one end extending across and cured to one of the holsters, the other ends 1 11; 40 j `tudinal beams extending above the holsters.

being secured to the cross beam, said longi- 6. A dump car having a bolster, car sides.

VWand a central longitudinal beam supported.

atl one end by the bolster and at the other lend by a cross beam carried by the sides, and

dumping doors hinged'to said longitudinal beam.

T. A dump car having holsters, car sides,

- a central cross beam connecting said sides',

a pair of longitudinal beams secured each at its outer end to a bolster and having its inner end resting on and supported by the cross beam.

8. A dump car having a bolster, car sides, a cross beam connecting said sides, a longitudinal beam secured to the bolster and to the cross-beam, and cross braces beneath and secured to said longitudinal beam.

9. In a car, the combination with the ear sides, of a hollow metal cross beam secured to the sides, a pair of longitudinal beams `terminating at the outer surface of said cross lbeam and secured to'it, and plates within the cross beam forming a continuation ofl cross beam, said baccs spanning the juncj' tion of the cross and longitudinal beams and flaring downwardly at such junction.

l2. In a car, the combination of a cross beam, a pair of longitudinal beams secured to said cross beam, 4plates within the cross beam secured thereto and forming a continuation of the longitudinal beams therethrough, braces secured to the cross beam, said braces spanning the junction of the cross and longitinlinal beams and flaring downwardly at such junction.

'13. The combination of a cai' having plate sides, of a cross beam consisting of an in verted V-shapcd latc rivetedto said sides. and longitudinal )cams resting on the cross beam and exleiuling each way therefrom and secured to the'cioss beam, and plates beneath the cross beam in the saine lplane as the longitudinal. beam and riveted to the cross beam.

lft. The combination of a dump ear having plate sides, of a cross beam consisting of an inverted V-shaped plate riveted to said sides, and longitudinal beams resting on the cross beam and extending nach way therefrom and secured to the crossI b eani, said longitudinal beam being,r an inverted V- shaped plate, connections beneath it for se curing it to the cross beam. and plates beneath' the cross benin in the saine plane as the longitudinal beam, said plates beingr flanged at their ends and held in place by the same rivets which secure the connectionsl to the cross beam.

l5. In a car, the combination with the sides, of a cross beam made of an inverted Vshaped plate the sides of which are still'- eiied by depending angle bars riveted there to, said ba rs Ila ring downwardly toward the center of the car. i

16. In a car, the combination with plate sides, of reinforcing plates adjacent thereto, and a crossl beam flanged at its ends, and rivets pass-ing through such flanges, the reinforcing plates and the car sides.

17. In a car, the combination'with plate sides, of triangular reinforcing plates secured thereto with the apices of the triangles extending upwardly, and a cross beam lOCl :thereof and secured by rivets to the cross wit-hF the longitudinal beams.A

usaid longitudinal beams being braced by ,tudinal beams secured to the cross beam and Vgirder sides, a metal beam riveted thereto, rand longitudinal beams rest-ing upon and f riveted to said cross beam, said longitudicross beam connecting thesides, a longitudiva cross structure secured to said reinforcing of hopper openings, a supporting means vdelecting crown extending past a plurality having flanges at its ends riveted to the 'rel inforcing plates.

18. In 'a car, the combination of plate girder sides, a cross beam in the forni of an inverted V-shaped plate extending through from side to side and riveted to the sides, and stiifened b v bars riveted to it, and a pair of longitudinal beams also of inverted V-shaped plates and stii't'ened by braces be-4 .neat-h them and resting upon said cross beam, and connected together over the top beam, and plates within the cross ,beam riveted to it and substantially in alinement 19. In a car, the combination of plate girder sides, a sheet metal c'ross beam riveted thereto, bolsters to which the sides are se cured, and longitudinal beams riveted to the cross beam and connected to the bolsters,

members riveted to their under sides.

20. In a car, the combination of the sides, a cross beam secured thereto, holsters, longitothe bolsters, and cross braces said longitudinal beams.

21.l In a car, theV combination of plate secured to nal beams being provided with cross braces. 22. A car having a bolster, car sides, a

nal beam securedto the bolster andthe cross beam, said cross beam includinga reinforced member bent downward intermediately and lying beneath the longitudinal beam.

23. In a car, the combination With the sides, lreinforcingmembers secured thereto on their inner sides, a longitudinal beam,`

members and to the longitudinal beam. and including a reinforcing structural brace bent downward intermediately of its ends and passing beneath the longitudinal beam.

24. In a hopper bottom car, a longitudinal deiecting crown extending past a plurality of hopper openings, and supporting means therefor comprising plate girder sides and a continuous cross member located at'the center of the car and connecting its 'sides by extending continuously between the same.

27. The combination, in a car, of plate girder sides, a continuous cross structure at' the center of the car "extending from side t-ov side and including a shedding ridge dividing the car into hoppers in each side thereof, and longitudinal central sills eX- tending from the bolster and resting at their inner ends -on and carried by such cross structure.

28. In a car, the combination of plate girder sides, a cross beam of invertedV- shape extending from side to side of the car, and longitudinal beams of inverted V-shape supportedwat the bolsters and at the center of the car.

29. In a hopper bottom car, plate-girder sides, sectional center sills in the form of a shedding ridge extending in substantially. the saine plane from end to end, and aco`n,V

tinuous cross girder supporting said center sills, said girder being connected with said sills and 4said plate-girder sides and adapted lto support said deflecti'ng crown, substantially as described.

30. Ina hop er tion of longitudinal center sills in the form of a shedding ridge,

bottom car, the combina-i and a transverse 'girder adapted to support said sills near the middle per discharge opening and means for closf ing said'fdoors, substantially as descrlbed.r

31. In a hopper-bottomcar,

e car, hopper doors, means for support- .ing said doors normally away from the hogplate girder l I lsides, continuous holstersl connected therewith, draft-sills connected with said holsters,l

sectional center sills, a. cross girder in the plane of said sills connected thereto andwith said plate-girder sides, and braces connected with said sides in alinement with said cross-girder, substantially as described:

32. In a 4hopper bot-tom car, plate-girder litL sides, sectional center sills in the form of a shedding ridge extending( in substantially the same plane from end to end,'and.a continuous cross-girder in the plane ofY said center sills, said girder beingconne'cted with .said sills and said plate-girder sides, and

adapted to support said defiecting ridge,

substantially as described I .i

33. In. a hopper-bottom car a longitudlnal central member downwardly sloping at its top, a transverse member intersecting said longitudinal member at `the center and adapted to support thesame, hopper doors 'and door end guards "therefor depending from one of the said members, and means forclosing said doors substantially as described.- 34. In a car, the

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girder sides, a bolster near each end of the car, said holsters connected to the car sides, a central cross beam connected to the car Sides, and a longitudinal beam secured to the holsters and the central cross beam and extending above such beam.

In a car, the combination ot' plate gir-der sides, a bolster near each end of the car, said bolster-connected to the ear sides, a central cross beam of inverted V-shape, and a longitudinal beam secured to the bolsters and the central cross beam, said lon- `gitudinal beams extending abo've the holsters.

36. In a ear, the combination of plate girder sides, a cross beam` of inverted V- shape extending from side to side of the car, and longitudinal beams secured to the bolsters and supported thereby' and at the eenter of the ear.

37. In a car, the combination of plate ,eirder sides, a cross beam extending from side to side of the car, and longitudinal beams of inverted V-shape supported at the holsters andat the center of the car.

38. In a ear, 'thc combination of plate girder sides, a central cross beam connectingr the sides, said beam beiner ot' inverted V- shape, and two longitudinal beams in alinement, said beams being supported at their inner ends b v the central cross beam.

39. In a car, the combination -of plate ,Q'irder sides, a central cross beam connecting the sides, and two longitudinal beams in alinement supported at their inner ends by the ccntral cross beam, said longitudinal beams being ot' inverted V-shape.

4,0. In a car, the combination ot' a central cross beam, two longitudinal beams in alinen'ient on opposite sides ot' the cross beam, said longitudinal beams being connected totether o'ver the cross beam.

41. In a ear, the combination with the sides, oi2 a central cross beam connected thereto. two longitudinal beams on opposite sides ot' the cross beam, and a member in addition to the cross beam connecting the longitudinal beams.

4Q. In a car, the combination with a cross beam, of longitudinal beams on opposite sides thereof rising higher than the cross beam, and a splice plate over the top ot' the cross beam connecting said longitudimil beams.

43. In a ear., the combination with the sides, ot a cross member. longitudinal members on opposite sides oi the cross member, said longitudinal members being divided at the cross member, membersI intermediate. of the, cross member aliningr with the said longitudinal members, and means in addi tion to the cross member and said intermerlia te members 'for connecting;- the divided portion oi the longitudinal members.

Li4. In a car, the combination with the sides, of a cross member of ridge form, reinforces along the lower portions of such cross member, longitudinal members of ridge form on opposite sides of the cross member, and inclined distance pieces within the cross member alinng with the longitudinal members.

45. In a car, the combination with the sides, of a cross member of ridge form, reinforces along the lower portions of such cross member, longitudinal members of ridge form on opposite sides of the cross member, and inclined distance pieces within the cross member alining with the longitudinal members, the longitudinal ridges rising higher than the cross ridge and extending over such cross ridge and being there connected.

4-6. In a car, the combination with a central cross member united at its o posite ends to the sides of the car, a central ongitudinal beam divided at its center but extending over the cross member and supported at the central ends by the cross member and sup ported at its opposite ends by the'bolsters of the car.

47. In a car, the combination with a central cross member united to the sides of the car,and a central longitudinal member di vided at its center, the central ends of said longitudinal beam abutting against each other, a member beneath the ends of the longitudinal beam ioining them together, the opposite ends of the longitudinal beam being'supported by the holsters of the car.

48. In a car, the combination ot' a continuous central cross member extending from side to side ot the car, an inverted V-shaped longitudinal beam divided at its center, the adjacent central ends ol the divided longitudinal beam being joined together, the opposite ends of the beam being,r supported by the holsters.

49. In a hopper-bottom ear. a sectional center member, plate girdcr sides and crossV member connected with said sides and with said center member, continuous holsters and draft mechanism between the same and the ends of the car.

50. Tn a hopper-bottom car, sectional center sills, plate Vgirder sides, a crossnh'irder in the plane. of said center sills connected with said sills and said plate ,qirder sides, bolsters connected with said sectional center sills and draft sills between said holsters and the cnds ot the car.

5l. In a hopper-bottom car, plate girder sides, continuous holsters connected therewith, sectional center sills, a cross srirder in the plane of said sills connected thereto and with said plate girdcr sides, and stifl'en- 'ing members connected with said sides in alincment with the cross igirder. l' ,A

52. In a hopper bottom car, the combma tion of plate 'gu-der sides, continuous bollongitudinal center sills, and e pair of braces f connected With the cross girder in the opposite sides of the center sills and extending continuously ,from one side of the longitudinal sill to the other side. i

In testimony whereof, I hereunto allx my signature in the presence of t-Wo Witnesses.

FRANK S. NGOLDSBY.

Witnesses: J W. H. ALLEN,

WM. T. MARCY. 

